From Australia to Los Angeles - Letting Your Voice Be Heard - Georgina Love

by Georgina Love - updated on June 3, 2022

As part of our ongoing Letters from Past ScreenCraft Fellowship Winners series, our 2018 winner Georgina Love shares some thoughts on her experience. For additional letters, click HERE.

Hi there and Hello,

My name is Georgina Love and I was one of the three 2018 ScreenCraft Fellowship recipients. As the first international fellow, I believe ScreenCraft provided me with a truly unique and universally beneficial experience. For an Australian writer, going to LA in and of itself is a career milestone that most are unable to achieve until gaining some serious traction back in Australia. ScreenCraft was proof that there is an immense amount of untapped talent in Australia and it allowed me to further my career, sit confidently in writer’s rooms and be self-assured in my own ability to thrive in my home country, as well as in the United Kingdom and LA.

ScreenCraft truly jettisoned my career into that of an international writer. They organised meetings with incredible development executives from big-name studios, and being able to refer to the meetings and connections I had made in LA when requesting meetings with production companies in Australia meant doors that were normally firmly closed began to miraculously open.

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Since receiving the fellowship, I have had consistent work in Australia as a screenwriter, script editor and script executive. Recently I made the exciting move to the UK, where I signed with Casarotto, Ramsay and Associates. I am excited to see what my future holds in this international market.

More than just the career benefits was the personal growth I experienced – both during Fellowship week and afterwards. I gained confidence, not only in my ability as a writer, but also in my ability to articulate my viewpoint in meetings and to foster creative relationships. It is impossible to quantify all that ScreenCraft has done to further my career, but I look at it as the stone that started a ripple that will travel throughout my career in the screen industry.

Best of luck in your endeavors.

Georgina Love is an Australian born writer who won the 2018 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship with her sci-fi feature PIG. She recently relocated to Glasgow, Scotland, and signed with UK talent agency Casarrato Ramsay.